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FA-II EXAMINATION (2012-2013) : IX Time 1:15Hrs Subject : Science Marks : 30

Class

I. Choose the correct answer 9M)

(9 X 1 =

1. The spring balance measures __________ (a) Mass (b) Weight (c) volume (d) pressure 2. What can you say about the motion of an object whose distance time graph is a straight line, parallel to the time axis. The moving with _____________ (a) Constant velocity (c) constant acceleration (b) Zero velocity (d) variable velocity 3. Velocity time graph for a moving body is shown in the diagram. What conclusion can be drawn about the type of motion? v (a) Constant velocity (b) variable acceleration (c) Variable velocity (d) zero velocity 4. When a thermometer is kept in the ice, the reading shows that (a) Temperature keeps increasing (b) Temperature keeps decreasing (c) Temperature increases first and then decreases (d) Temperature first decreases and then remains constant at 00 C 5. The Boiling point of water is _______ 0 (a) 2730K (b) 376 K (c) 3730K (d) 2730C 6. which of the following would you choose to determine the melting point of ice in you laboratory? (a) Dry crushed ice (b) ice cubes (c) Ice added to water (d) Slab of ice 7. __________meristem is responsible for growth of roots in onion bulbs Time

(a) Lateral meristem (b) Apical (c) Intercalary (d) Larenchyma 8. In stem section __________ is single layered on the outside (a) Epidermis (b) Cortex (c) Xylem (d) Endodermis 9. the Rheo leaf peel contains large ____________ cells (a) Sclerenchymatous (b) Parenchymatous (c) Collenchymatous (d) Chlorenchymatous 10.A bird hit the windscreen of a fast moving car and fell on the bonnet. Which of the two, car or the bird, suffers greater change in momentum? (1) 11.Why is the motion of an athlete moving along the circular path an accelerated motion?(1) 12.What is dry ice?(1) 13.List two factors which bring about a change in the state of matter. (1) 14.Define the term tissue.(1) 15.How many types of elements together make up the xylem tissue? (1) 16. (A) define acceleration (1) (B) A bus decreases its speed from 80km/hr to 50 km/ hr in 4 s. Find the acceleration of the bus?(1) 17. (A) name the two gases which are supplied in compressed form in homes and hospitals.(1) (B) Write the name of any tow substances that sublime(1) 18. How does the cork act as a protective tissue?(1) 19. Derive the equation S = ut +

1 2 at (3) 2

OR Answer the following: (a) Why do passengers in a bus tend to fall backward when it starts suddenly? (b) why it is easier to stop a tennis ball in comparison to a cricket ball moving with the same speed (c) State the Law of Inertia(1+1+1) 20. Draw a well labelled diagram of three types muscle fibres(3) OR Differentiate between Paranchyma, Collenchyma and Sclerenchyma on the basis of their cell wall?(3)

21. Give reasons for the following (a) we are able to sip hot tea faster from a saucer rather thatn a cup (b) water kept in a earth en pot becomes cool suny day (c ) People Sprinkle water on the roof after a hot sunny day (1+1+1) OR (a)Water droplet appears on the outer surface of tumbler containing ice cold water (b) a desert cooler cool better on a hot dry day (c ) people sprinkle water on the roof after a hot sunny day(1+1+1) ******